Children exposed to the pesticide DDT while in the womb experience development problems, researchers say. The pesticide was banned in the US and UK in the 1970s, but it is still used in some countries ...

Babies and toddlers of California farmworkers exposed to the insecticide DDT have neurological effects that are severe enough in some cases to slow their mental and physical development, according to ...

Scientists have long known that DDT in a woman's tissues can be transmitted to her fetus. Now a team led by UC Berkeley researchers has found that this in utero exposure is associated with ...

Children exposed to the pesticide DDT while in womb experience development problems. LOS ANGELES: Children exposed to the pesticide DDT while in womb experience development problems, researchers say.

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Mothers with high levels of the pesticide DDT in their blood during pregnancy are more likely to bear children who develop autism, according to a study of blood samples from more than one million ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 22, 2018) Mothers with high levels of DDT’s major metabolite, DDE, are more likely to have their children diagnosed with autism, according to a study published in The ...

Elevated levels of a dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) metabolite in pregnant women provide the first biomarker evidence that the banned insecticide is implicated ...

New York: Women with high levels of the insecticide DDT in their blood during pregnancy are more likely to bear children who develop autism, according to a study of over one million pregnant women in ...

Pregnant women who have high levels of a byproduct from the banned insecticide DDT in their bodies may be more likely to have a child with autism, a new study finds. Researchers looked at nearly 800 ...